Hi Rvincent55 yes you have a nice washburn there, EA45 may be one of the monteray series? i have owned a lot of festivals over the years going back to the old woodstock, which one of my profesional music friends still owns and uses to this day. ive just bought a monteray deluxe model for studio work. look after it and good luck these are the best.

Hi chief - According to the knowledgable folks on this site, this EA45 was part of the Festival series, and was made in 1992. I've brought it to my tech for a setup with D'Addario custom lights (.11-.52), and it now plays like a dream (the action was a tad high when I bought it). I also bought this for studio work, so it'll live here and not be carried around and about. Based on the very dry air in winter here (New England), I've put a Dampit humidifier in it when it's stored in the case, to keep the wood from shrinking.The test recordings I've done with it sound great - that EquisII preamp has a lot of range, and I can dial in just the sound I want. I run this through a Fender Super Champ XD amp, using the Acoustasonic amp model...just a touch of chorus and reverb, and it has a great voice.[8D]